Degree Contracts in Cambridge

Academic Degree
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 1 4
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 0
Contract jobs citing Degree 13 53 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 10.66% 27.18% 12.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.33% 86.89% 66.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 25 12
10th Percentile - £350 £225
25th Percentile £379 £388 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £410 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% -13.68% -
75th Percentile £436 £550 £528
90th Percentile - £720 £565
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £200 £410 £475
% change year-on-year -51.22% -13.68% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £36.12 £24.23
25th Percentile - £50.67 £34.36
Median hourly rate £17.80 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -71.52% +19.05% -
75th Percentile - £66.25 £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £28.41 £28.34 £17.47
% change year-on-year +0.26% +62.19% +20.48%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridge

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cambridge.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 30 61 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 24.59% 31.28% 19.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 28 20
10th Percentile £347 £350 £226
25th Percentile £392 £380 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £418 £500
Median % change year-on-year +19.76% -16.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £564
90th Percentile £633 £800 £601
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £467 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -5.76% -1.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 5
10th Percentile - £15.50 £17.48
25th Percentile - £18.23 -
Median hourly rate £17.80 £45.09 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.52% +157.63% -12.50%
75th Percentile - £66.25 £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.44 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year -5.28% +5.16% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Cambridge

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Cambridge.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Cambridge

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Cambridge.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Cambridge

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) OpenStack
2 2 (15.38%) Confluence
2 2 (15.38%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) AWS
2 4 (30.77%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) GCP
4 1 (7.69%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) DNS
2 3 (23.08%) iSCSI
2 3 (23.08%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (15.38%) Hadoop
1 2 (15.38%) Text Mining
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Database
2 1 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (53.85%) JIRA
2 4 (30.77%) GitLab
2 4 (30.77%) TeamCity
3 2 (15.38%) Artifactory
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Administrator
2 3 (23.08%) Linux Administrator
2 3 (23.08%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Information Scientist
3 2 (15.38%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Change Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) IFS Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) PMO Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Product Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
1 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Storage
1 3 (23.08%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (15.38%) Life Science
2 2 (15.38%) Public Cloud
2 2 (15.38%) Virtual Team
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Linux
2 3 (23.08%) CentOS
2 3 (23.08%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Computer Science
2 5 (38.46%) ITSM
3 4 (30.77%) Containerisation
3 4 (30.77%) Data Science
4 3 (23.08%) Agile
4 3 (23.08%) Analytics
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) Benchmarking
5 2 (15.38%) Change Management
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (15.38%) Data Management
5 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
5 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (15.38%) Economics
5 2 (15.38%) Health Informatics
5 2 (15.38%) Informatics
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) Ontologies
5 2 (15.38%) Statistical Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) Python
2 4 (30.77%) Shell Script
2 4 (30.77%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) Bash
3 2 (15.38%) MATLAB
3 2 (15.38%) Perl
4 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (15.38%) PhD
3 1 (7.69%) APMG
3 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) PCI DSS
2 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
2 1 (7.69%) PMO
2 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
1 4 (30.77%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) Ansible
2 3 (23.08%) Terraform
3 1 (7.69%) Progress Chef
3 1 (7.69%) Puppet
3 1 (7.69%) Salt
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
1 4 (30.77%) ServiceNow
1 4 (30.77%) VMware
2 2 (15.38%) Google
2 2 (15.38%) IBM
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle
2 2 (15.38%) Red Hat
2 2 (15.38%) SAP
3 1 (7.69%) IFS
3 1 (7.69%) Planview